One aspect of democracy is we the people are given a lot of leeway in terms of what we’re allowed to say publicly. We even get to contradict “officials” as the theory says they (the officials) ultimately work for us. That’s democracy on paper of course. Few people actually exercise their rights.
A case in point: people are claiming the USA had something to do with the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines. On the face of it, this seems obvious (yes I read Seymour Hersh’s article).
But why should a tiny cabal who thinks they run the world from Washington DC, be allowed to act or speak for the USA as if they’re the sole proprietors and the rest of us are out in the cold?
In my view, the USA had nothing to do with that act of terrorism, period. It’s my right to make that claim.
But what if various US citizens conspired in various rooms in the West Wing or elsewhere to coordinate this attack? We will think of them as attacking the USA.
These were traitors or at best misled crazy people who believed they were appointed to play gods. They weakened the USA with their irresponsible acts.
Nine-Eleven was not an “inside job” either, by the same reasoning. No matter who has what job title on paper, if they colluded in any way to perpetrate those heinous acts, they were not “insiders” but…
